THE BEST Adobe Illustrator Plugin!? *Mind Blown*

[@NaniParlapalli]

That color editing plugin and path optimizing plugin deserves to be integrated into default illustrator.

[@thegreenmangoo]

For editing colors in illustrator you can also go to edit > edit colors > color harmonies. With that you can also adjust brightness, saturation and hue :)

[@Provolt]

It is, the guy above explained it

[@mariano4068]

@@thegreenmangoo but it doesn't works with bitmaps, for example.

[@omidr.g7409]

I'll summarize these plugins for you: Ah yes, here are some features which should have been in Illustrator by default. Have fun paying 120 bucks!

[@14onyx]

actually you're absolutely right the creators haven't added the very stuff we can do in PS but in Ai for vectors. These things been out there for a while and some are just using the fact that Adobe didn't do anything for their users about this. people are already paying monthly for CC was that hard to implement?

[@ShaneRounce]

You can do most, if not all of these things, within Illustrator, albeit not as easily. Astute Plugins are an actual con. They used to sell the ones you needed, individually, for just $25 each. Months after buying those, they updated to the subscription model that I could never afford and made the old plugins I had purchased totally unusable. They ripped off so many people.

[@kyorising]

@@ShaneRounce except they used to be hundreds.. I owned most of them before the subscription model. I was -pissed- when they went subscription and wouldn't update the owned versions. That said, they absolutely work fantastically well and save me a ton of time working in illustrator every day.

[@5ivefooterart915]

@@ShaneRounce I'm still using Ai 2019 because of this reason

[@DaveClayton]

@@ShaneRounce Just to clarify, no they weren't $25 each, some were free and then ranged between $19 - $79 each. The old plugins you purchased still work with CC2019 and up to Mojave. Catalina and Adobe CC2020 forced all the plugins to be completely re-engineered to work with both and a bundle of plugins that previously cost over $600 in total are now $119 which includes all new plugins, all updates and free design resources - an all existing customers (who didn't unsubscribe from the emails) received an offer to get the whole suite for $49. And those designers that can make money from using Illustrator are finding the plugins are already paying for themselves. And yes, myself and 13 other colleagues work for Astute Graphics, we are a small company that have wages to pay. We are not a corporate like Adobe.

[@kleptotrichy]

I quite like these plugins but man 119$ is kinda steep for someone who does graphics for fun and lives in a 3rd world country. However they autosavoiur thing is free so I ain't complaining!

[@hillxerxes7044]

me to.Different countries match different prices

[@niKolasBedoya]

"3rd-world country" is the new global [^^]

[@m4dn3wt]

@@niKolasBedoya having some first world problems, eh? Don't be a dick.

[@amineacademy1544]

120 bucks is literally the base monthly income in my country

[@sumranms]

Literally, MIND-BLOWING! I really liked the last one called the Vector FirstAid.

[@SatoriGraphics]

That's one of my favourites too 👍

[@Milkmuncher]

I adore you. You have helped me so much! I understand why you can't review all the plugins from Astute, so time consuming, but you did a better job than the tutorials Astute gives.

[@SatoriGraphics]

Thanks for the feedback Amy, and enjoy the rest of the weekend

[@lindacsmith13]

The astute plugins have been around for a while but they seem to just get better and better. Thanks for the demo.

[@DaveClayton]

Thanks Linda - I wish more people would look at what the tools do and how they save time and make designers more creative rather than watch the video and insult a small company who are trying to make tools for designers and keep a price that maintains a small company. The people who are good enough to make money from using Illustrator get it, and then there's the usual KZbin trolls who would still moan if it were $1 ;)

[@astutegraphics]

Thank you Linda :)

[@IftimescuVlad]

I got VectorFirst Aid and Texturino and wanted to get some other ones but once I saw the new subscription-based, no choice on individual plugins model well that was a deal-breaker. The take it all or leave attitude does not fly with me.

[@4TheCreatives]

You explained the use of Illustrator plug-ins really well. I will remember this for next time. Thanks!

[@SatoriGraphics]

Hey I appreciate the feedback thanks :)

[@zaheemschemnad5377]

Astute graphics brought the plugins which we actually expecting from Adobe updates for years. Just wow.

[@AnthonyMcNeil]

Vector FirstAid looks absolutely amazing.

[@SatoriGraphics]

One of my favourite parts of this plugin 👍

[@normthomasmarketing]

The Vector First Aid looks so awesome..speedy workflows.

[@SatoriGraphics]

Indeed that one is really useful

[@glg6069]

Hi there--I agree just those three plugins are pretty awesome and would definitely make life a bit easier (especially the last one for text and outline conversion), but I'll have to give that price tag some more consideration. I think $119 is a lot for these extensions, but if I have to be honest, I'd probably pay it. Was pretty happy to see that I'd be able to revert converted text back to vector-that's pretty sweet!

[@kellymedia99]

Third plug in was the most amazing of the three!

[@datapenguin]

I dropped 120 on the Astute, and am super excited to use them. So far, the circle point tool is priceless. I don’t understand why Illustrator doesn’t have it by default.

[@azpg13]

Nice review of the plugins, this will be very useful.

[@umanoid1523]

I have astute from earlier versions of illustrator. Theyre pretty amazing and are all so useful.

[@xlnt3d01]

Thanks for the review. I definitely need to pick those up. The second and third one were both fantastic. The second was my favorite though.

[@nafi7393]

That last one really blow my mind!!

[@morizanova8219]

For half of the Money AD will give you some Photoshop's like color adjustment.. BTW text editing in the end really Intriguing

[@SchibbiSchibbi]

Looking forward to more astute grqphics tutorials. You explain much better than their official youtube channel.

[@ComputerTechnology073124930]

i use astute graphics plugins a long time, and they are fantastic !!!!!

[@sadatnafis2032]

Vector first aid one was too cool.

[@nemosloth]

i appreciate how the video is divided into parts.

[@EnglishwithStone]

This is awesome!!! Thanks Satori Graphics

[@SatoriGraphics]

Glad to see that :)

[@DavidMFranks]

Started off skeptical - ended up a convert. Thanks for this!

[@jjfecik]

Still running CS5.5 over her but I guess I will watch because I love your work! 😅

[@SatoriGraphics]

Wow lol, that is a blast from the past 😛

[@Kikambi]

It's bit expensive but I will try,thax for the video.

[@SatoriGraphics]

Yeah you can try for free for 14 days, so it's not that bad

[@jaret9055]

I've used these plugins for at least 5 years now and they are the B E S T investment E V E R made along with Logo Package Express! That's why Von G. uses them.

[@libertysdesignlab8064]

I love your colors tones and designs again I don't think a plug in can create what you just did Haha but the plug ins are great anyway

[@SatoriGraphics]

Haha thanks for the comment, and have a great day

[@dianaallaham2801]

Many of the features of the plug ins mentioned are available via illustrator alone. The colour adjustments can be done ‘in real time’ also in edit colours via illustrator settings, with a variety of different settings and control. The plug in to fix the number of vectors and paths can be simplified via the new improved feature by illustrator, if you go to object, path then simplify. And I am sure there are alternative options for the other plug ins via illustrator if you fiddle around with it. I just think these plug ins are a waste of money to be honest. But thanks for the review, I do wish however you compared the plug ins with the alternative current options available via illustrator alone.

[@kyorising]

please explain how you take outlined text, from any vector file, and revert it into editable text.. I'll wait. If you have the font in your library, it will find it and revert the outlined text back for you, even if it has been modified somewhat (stroke effects etc). This is something I have to do a LOT. (I manage a massive graphics team that inserts tons of text into graphics and makes errors).

[@DaveClayton]

@@kyorising I love people that review the plugins so expertly without having even tried them. But those are the people who like to spend 3 hours doing a job that a plugin could do for them in 3 clicks ;)

[@jesuschild07able]

So two of those things are needed in Adobe.

[@marmeecruz6191]

Very informative, thanks!

[@SatoriGraphics]

Great to hear that :)

[@greenroompro1198]

More plugin reviews please...

[@SatoriGraphics]

I actually have quite a few videos, search satori graphics plugins into KZbin

[@hirnfaser7245]

they also have this super useful tangent tool, omg, why is this not in illustrator?

[@teabagNBG]

these are good i already tried them once... the toolsheed u once posted is also very good... probably the best plugins...

[@BBI-Brandboost]

This is a really useful explanation of the features involved with the plugins. The VectorFirstAid feature looks super cool. Which of the three plugins shown do you think is the most helpful?

[@histrus42]

Good stuff but Too expensive, will wait for Black Friday 😅

[@SatoriGraphics]

Haha yeah they will probably have some deals

[@EdwardSeeber]

Great review of these plugins, I really like that color one reminds me of Camera Raw Filter on Photoshop very cool

[@SulthanIsaA]

that's stunning

[@georgemallard4120]

Great video as always. What is the cool StarTrek control panel below your monitor in the final scene?

[@theinventionshouse9232]

Inkscribe saved me a lot of time from referring to the keyboard everytime

[@SatoriGraphics]

I was going to test that one on video, but changed my mind at the same time lol

[@theinventionshouse9232]

@@SatoriGraphics a part 2 I guess 😁

[@dachipsaaron]

Awesome i have to get it

[@Anerisian]

Or get Affinity Designer for like 50 bucks, it‘s yours and it has the color correction, curves etc. all built in.

[@giannivincentt8531]

Vector first aid 11/10

[@jpeg.jordaan]

Phantasm is worth $120 on its own

[@SatoriGraphics]

It is 100% awesome.

[@VictorDiGiovanni]

$120 PER YEAR is a deal-killer for me. I don't see these plugins being worth 1/6 the price of the entire Creative Cloud. They're nice, but they need to come up with some more reasonable pricing options. A monthly option would be nice, or just a couple of the specific tools for a lower price. I know they make their money in bundling, but I'm not enough of a power use to justify this.

[@kyorising]

if you don't want upgrades you can pay once and keep them.. works until adobe changes something and they don't work with the new illustrator version

[@DaveClayton]

@@kyorising thanks for supporting us Kyle, it's appreciated, designers who can make money get exactly why we changed, and why we do what we do. astutegraphics.com/learn/survey/our-plugins-pay-for-themselves-after-3-days // astutegraphics.com/learn/survey/big-listen-2020

[@astutegraphics]

Hi Victor - please take a look as to what customers tell us: astutegraphics.com/learn/survey/our-plugins-pay-for-themselves-after-3-days

[@aaqibdesigns]

Wow Amazing stuff. I just see your new logo design project on Instagram. I want you to make a video of your thoughts approach for the project. I mean that how you used the shield and the Bird?

[@SatoriGraphics]

Thanks for the comment, I am making a video next week for sure bro 👍

[@adorableandray]

Fantastic plugins (been using them for ages) but rather ugly pricing. It became even uglier with the wretched subscription model.

[@Walkertee]

yeah $120 for Phantasm is a little... steep

[@atomica.studio]

Todo eso lo hace Affinity Designer sin usar plugins.

[@mlighton]

Interesting comments. “Can’t afford it” and “not worth it” are not the same thing. Just these three plug-ins alone would easily save me $120 a year in labor and if my employer subscribed they would surely see a return on the investment. That said, *I* can’t afford it for myself and it would be a challenge convincing them of the value.

[@xevenau]

I haven't used astute in years.

[@Esh123]

Super cool

[@SatoriGraphics]

First comment to you :)

[@muldoon67]

Adobe just needs to buy up all this plugin companies and get them built into AI. There so many flaky behaviors (and missing/expected behaviors).

[@mistertamura6190]

Terrible idea. Just look at Adobe’s update cycle for Illustrator, and how basically nothing has happened to the app for the past ten years, then compare it to the focus and frequency of updates and bugfixes coming from Astute Graphics.

[@hughchapman5319]

@@mistertamura6190 why is Adobe so shit at refining & improving their software?

[@hirnfaser7245]

@@hughchapman5319 they just took like 2 years to release photoshop for ipad which still lacks many features compared to the desktop version

[@astutegraphics]

Sorry David - it won't happen. We've been doing this for 14 years, and they prefer to develop in-house.

[@hirnfaser7245]

@@astutegraphics please offer a student discount :(. can't afford astute as a student :/

[@jakwanahmed8222]

amazing content

[@microdraw1278]

Can you give us the link of Ghost in the Shell you have from your desktop 🖥? 🙏🏻 please ☺️

[@tfarfolini9742]

It is a shame that Corel has this break text/objects function out of the box... Ctrl+k one breaks separate lines, second time words, next letters... Ctrl+L unites :)

[@digwillhachi]

HSL adjustments, do it for free in designer. buy the whole program for less than $120 lol.

[@LeoGang89]

But do other people need to have the pluggins installed on their machine to open your files?

[@pablomonzon87]

fucking amazing and these are just only 3 of them

[@Petropiax]

I think that not at that price, but it's something i would pay for

[@nukelear1380]

Great recommendation

[@SatoriGraphics]

Thanks for the comment

[@GerminezEdiage]

Thanks Satori

[@SatoriGraphics]

No problem :)

[@zyklonburn8343]

whats Plugin 2 called?

[@healthberid7168]

Hey what’s the font you using on the text

[@TECsta76]

Ive always suspected these plugins? What if they cause errors!

[@AbhikShrestha]

I'd like a plugin that reads my mind and just creates whatever the fuck I imagine right infront of me 😆

[@macrumpton]

Any suggestions for places to find out more about AI plugins?

[@astutegraphics]

We compile this list of all known, actively developed third party plugins and extensions. Hope it's of use! astutegraphics.com/learn/tutorial/third-party-illustrator-plugins

[@craigburton4447]

I own about half the plugs from before change to subscription, they offered me something like £25 off subscription IIRC. I was not pleased. I now use 2019 illustrator as they don't work with 2020. A lot of these plugs are just correcting faults/short comings of illustrator which is useful but annoying.

[@SatoriGraphics]

Useful but annoying makes a lot of sense. I feel there plugins should not be subscription based

[@DanDan-jw1fd]

wow

[@stinkleaf]

Ive been using Astute for years. Ya its better than illustrator. If Adobe had a half a brain left, they would have acquired them and make the tools native.

[@SatoriGraphics]

It is very useful indeed.

[@theminimalisticlogodesigne4237]

😅 i can't use these plug-ins. I use crack version

[@SatoriGraphics]

Lol, crime doesn't always pay 👍

[@muhammadadnanafzal39]

can you send me link of that crack.

[@theminimalisticlogodesigne4237]

@@muhammadadnanafzal39 I have thousands of crack link.....

[@theminimalisticlogodesigne4237]

@@SatoriGraphics It's not crime..... It's an Art.....

[@astutegraphics]

@@theminimalisticlogodesigne4237 Nope - it's theft.

[@metteplejdrup4]

They should rename the last plugin to "Undo your fired colleague's mistakes". Recently had to convert packaging Id artwork into Ai files. That last plugin would have saved half of the brain cells wasted!

[@shakeelitser]

Good bro. Tell me free mockup websites?

[@SatoriGraphics]

I said yesterday Unblast

[@astutegraphics]

PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH US!!!! :)

[@senkaboobs]

easy way to design

[@SatoriGraphics]

For sure 👍

[@JohannesLabusch]

Grifters. This is like attaching an autofocus lens to a pencil. Illustrator is a drawing tool. You want Photoshop-type color control? Put your design into Photoshop after you're done. MIND BLOWN! As for file size: Literally NEVER an issue with vector graphics. That's why you use Illustrator in the first place! If you can't create economic paths to begin with, teach yourself how to do it. "Cleaning them up" with any sort of automation after the fact will create results that you won't like, I guarantee it. Only you know what you want your design to look like, no automated algorithm can take care of that for you in an artistic way. Don't waste your money on these hucksters.

[@mikeo759]

Astute are criminals. I bought their plugins and they switched to the subscription model the next month and required the full purchase price for compatibility in Illy 24. Not to mention- If you only find one of their plugins actually useful they don't have an ala carte subscription model!! Even Adobe has that.

[@SatoriGraphics]

I didn't know about the switching of subscriptions, that does seem a tad nefarious. I do agree about having the ability to purchase 1 or a few of the plugins instead of the whole lot, that would make more sense.

[@elliremenillej]

Same here! Plus as a subscription one would think they could "lower" their prices a bit. I sadly purchased their plugins way back and now I can't use them. It's very sad. I had fun using their plugins and helped me a lot with client work. Also, I expected they would offer at least subscribing to one or two plugins of your choice but no, you have to get the entire package. I hope a competition comes out soon.

[@shirwan]

To be fair, with Astute Graphics you get to own the plugins after the subscription runs out, you'll just be stuck running an older version and won't be capable to update unless you renewed your subscription, unlike Adobe where the subscription ends so does your ability to run their programs no matter how old the version you have installed.

[@mikeo759]

@@shirwan I'm not even against the subscription model. But at least give people a choice instead of forcing all of the crap they sell as one lump package. And maybe give ONE update for their existing plugins for people that purchased recently. Their attitude was "We know people will be upset with this change" NO KIDDING! People get mad when you rob them?? Who knew?

[@shirwan]

@@mikeo759 I understand where you're coming from, and i also do feel the same, since i don't need that many plugins. Perhaps one day they'll listen to their customers, or at least i wish they do.

[@Algorhythmical]

Yeah cool plug-ins but it sucks that it’s subscription and you have to pay for the whole lot even though youll most likely only use 1 or 2. I hate that all these companies including Adobe are now moving to subscriptions and manipulating people into continuing payments. Adobe was better when you could just purchase the suite and it would last you for 4 or 5 years. Now unless you keep paying them you cannot use it and therefore cannot even open your own work. It’s pathetic. If astute allowed people just to purchase whatever plugin they wanted I would definitely buy but wont be signing up for yet another subscription. They can blow it out their arse.

[@MIRAJADESIGN]

Totally worth $119... but it is actually an annual subscription. So ultimately it costs a LOT more. Blah.

[@mughalwoodworks9484]

Can we use it for free for life time

[@mughalwoodworks9484]

By cracking or something greatt

[@afro_hairoil6650]

Dear Satori, This Abdelrahman from Afro Hairoil , I have seen your profile and I do follow you on KZbin, We want to expand our operations and we need a new design for Logo, business cards and stickers. If you are interested please inform me so I can send the all the related details regarding this job. Thank you in advance

[@SatoriGraphics]

Hi Abdelrahman, please contact me with details via email @ [e-mail]

[@afro_hairoil6650]

Satori Graphics ok 👍

[@Weltaz]

aaaaaaaaaah !!!! mac ! made for trash. no ? say me how to change the size of the menu ? ( without pixel-arting the picture )

[@SatoriGraphics]

Sorry I don't get what you're referring

[@Weltaz]

@@SatoriGraphics I love Illustrator, and all Adobe, and I have the chance to work with the Master Collection. but, I'm so disappointed (chagrin) about Apple (Mac)

[@mindblowing3202]

Yeah that’s mind blowing, but kinda not worth the money 💰

[@astutegraphics]

This feedback from customers may be of use? :) astutegraphics.com/learn/survey/our-plugins-pay-for-themselves-after-3-days

[@ADOBIGRAPHICS]

useful

[@SatoriGraphics]

Great to hear, thanks a lot! :D

[@ADOBIGRAPHICS]

@@SatoriGraphics You are welcome

[@dachipsaaron]

Awesome i have to get it